Author: DSWD - Mimaropa

News articles and press releases of Department of Social Welfare and Development-Mimaropa written by its Community Affairs and Media Relations Team through Jason Eco Oliverio, DSWD-Mimaropa Media Relations Officer and Marinduque News Network partnered correspondent.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Mimaropa and Land Bank of the Philippines have disbursed 9.5 million pesos to 3,369 Listahanan poor under the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) program in this province.

BOAC, Marinduque – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) has recorded 9,521 poor working children aged 5-17 years old regionwide according to the 2015 Listahanan household assessment. In Oriental Mindoro, 2,304 working children belong to poor households were identified; 2,393 in Occidental Mindoro; 642 in Marinduque; 747 in Romblon; and 3,435 in Palawan. From the number identified, 15.9 % (1,519) are farmers; 12.5% (1,186) are fisherfolks; and 0.98% (93) are forestry workers. In Mimaropa, the top three municipalities with high cases of working…

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has completed the field validation of Listahanan-identified poor households for the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) in the provinces of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. From 93,436 household targets, 92,205 households or 98 percent were validated and verified region-wide. The UCT household validation spearheaded by DSWD-Listahanan started on the second week of March and was officially completed last week of April 2018. A total of 22,981 households has been validated in Oriental Mindoro; 17,594 in Occidental Mindoro; 6,319 in Marinduque; 7,777 in Romblon;…

In observance of the 39th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) week, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) reveals that 14,453 poor individuals regionwide have disability per Listahanan database. This year’s celebration embraces the theme “Karapatan at Pribilehiyo ng Maykapansanan: Isakatuparan at Ipaglaban” which emphasizes the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities (PWD) to be fully realized. Listahanan, a government mechanism that determines who and where the poor are, shows that 3,192 poor PWDs are identified in Occidental Mindoro; 3,272 in Oriental Mindoro; 1,073…